Just a look at the run-around that I've been seriously considering trying to extend, which is used when switching freight cars in and out of the four industries that are located along here.
The reason I've been thinking about making it a little longer is just so I could add an extra 86 foot boxcar to the train that serves my auto parts plant. The siding starts as the track comes out of the 180 degree curve at each end of the layout. I've got curved switches that I can use for this. 
As it is, I can get a maximum of six 86 footers and a pair of GP38's to fit into this run around, but I'd really like to get one or maybe even two more of the big cars into the train. At the left in the picture, you can see the end of one of the 86 footers spotted into the parts plant spur. And waaayyy down at the far end of the track, the red and blue GP 38's are just coming into view.
At the opposite end of the run-around is the Mid-West Plastics plant. 
And in between the parts plant and the plastics industry, we see a trio of NSC fifty foot boxcars (Atlas models) in GTW paint spotted at the busy Tri-State Paper recycler plant.
Everything looks great, Jim. I purposely use 40-foot boxcars, shortie tank cars and hoppers on my 1966-era Kingston's Hanley Spur layout because I can fit more cars in, and some of the spurs were really short. You with the 86-footers - biiiiiig difference! Thanks for sharing,
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It's because I used to watch them cross the St.Clair River on the car floats here before CN built the larger tunnel. I just liked seeing them. And now, since Ford closed their St.Thomas plant I never see any at all...except for the ones on my layout. Thanks very much for looking in Eric.
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